White Elephant Days

Today was the culmination of the three-day White Elephant Fair.  It's a huge thing here in Green Valley.  There was a giant, fantastic parade.  I think it's the largest one in all of southern Arizona (with the exception of the Tucson Rodeo parade).  It lasts about two hours.

You might think this is a pretty odd name for a fair  and parade. (It is.)  It is named after the White Elephant store.  It's a humongous place, as big as a warehouse, where you can get a shirt for 50¢ or a sofa for $10.  There are three things about the White Elephant which makes it special:
1.  The place is run by hundreds of volunteers (only 2 paid staff, I think);
2.  Everything there is donated.  It is a charity so donations are tax-deductible;
3.  They donate MILLIONS of dollars each year, ranging from the food banks, schools, volunteer organizations, scouts...

I didn't buy any (cowboy corn) kettle corn from this mechanical clown even though it was cool the way he/she/it was waving that sign around.  I put up a couple of extras so you can get a bit of the flavor of the event.